demons demand a priority draft pick

[one-eyed]

Full list of Priority Picks:

1999
Pick 1: Josh Fraser - Collingwood
Pick 2: Paul Haselby - Fremantle

2000
Pick 1: Nick Riewoldt - St.Kilda

2001
Pick 1: Luke Hodge - Hawthorn (Fremantle traded their PP to Hawthorn for Trent Croad)
Pick 2: Luke Ball - St.Kilda
Pick 3: Chris Judd - West Coast

2002 - None

2003
Pick 1: Adam Cooney - Western Bulldogs
Pick 2: Andrew Walker - Carlton
Pick 3: Colin Sylvia - Melbourne

2004
Pick 1: Brett Deledio - Richmond
Pick 2: Jarryd Roughead - Hawthorn
Pick 3: Ryan Griffen - Western Bulldogs

2005
Pick 1: Marc Murphy - Carlton
Pick 2: Dale Thomas - Collingwood
Pick 3: Xavier Ellis - Hawthorn

2006
Pick 17: Shaun Hampson - Carlton
Pick 18: Leroy Jetta - Essendon

2007
Pick 1: Matthew Kreuzer - Carlton
Pick 18: Alex Rance - Richmond

2008
Pick 17: Sam Blease - Melbourne
Pick 18: Luke Shuey - West Coast

2009
Pick 1: Tom Scully - Melbourne

2010
Pick 26: Jack Darling - West Coast

2011
Pick 27: Sam Kerridge - Adelaide
Pick 28: Fraser McInnes - West Coast
Pick 29: Alex Forster - Fremantle

2012 - None
2013 - None

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Football_League_Draft

[tony_montana]

Yes hawks never tanked 

[mightytiges]

Yes hawks never tanked 

I still remember some Hawk supporters running up and down the aisles of Etihad celebrating losing to us in round 21, 2005 after we came back from 7 goals down at half-time (Pettifer in the goalsquare kicked the winner with about a minute to go). Both the Pies and Hawks tanked for priority picks that year.

[Judge Roughneck]

Collingwood, hawthorn, scum

[Chuck17]

Honestly you could give this club the first 18 picks and they would still find a way to stuff it up

[Owl]

Tell em we will trade them Petterd for their first round pick now that we have made a player out of him lol

[one-eyed]

Commonsense prevails.

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The AFL Commission has denied Melbourne's request for a priority selection.

In a written response to the Demons, the League detailed a number of reasons why the club should not receive a priority selection, including:
 
- Its 2014 season was an improvement on 2013, winning two more games and improving its percentage from 54.1 per cent to 68.4;
 
- After round 15 in 2014, Melbourne was 15th on the ladder with four wins and a percentage of 78.1, before a poor ending to the season;
 
- Melbourne beat two finalists in 2014 (Essendon and Richmond) and it lost three games by less than nine points;
 
- The Demons have a high level of young talent including Jesse Hogan, Jimmy Toumpas, Jack Viney, Jay Kennedy-Harris, Christian Salem and Dom Tyson;
 
- Melbourne may be able to trade Mitch Clark for another player or a draft pick and will receive a compensation pick if they lose any players to free agency.

The Demons are still in line for a compensation pick should James Frawley leave the club as expected as a free agent.

Read more: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-23/no-priority-pick-for-demons

[tigs2011]

Melbourne can't even win on this debate. Just another loss for them. 

[Smokey]

There would have been a huge uproar if the AFL had caved on this bulls**t request.

[dwaino]

Never deserved it but put their foot in it when they said they would trade it. Just wanted a free swipe at a trade.

[Judge Roughneck]

In other news. Dees given pick one for Clarke

[tony_montana]

There would have been a huge uproar if the AFL had caved on this bulls**t request.

yep.. they're just taking the pee

[Judge Roughneck]

There would have been a huge uproar if the AFL had caved on this bulls**t request.

What would of happened?

Nothing

[tony_montana]

There would have been a huge uproar if the AFL had caved on this bulls**t request.

What would of happened?

Nothing

crowds will drop further - the tipping point has been reached for many fans imv - the melbourne tanking and essendon drugs sagas have put a lot of people off. Giving Melbourne a free hit in a roundabout way after the fact  or giving essendon financial help down the track after what theyve done are things people will no longer tolerate from the afl and will simply walk away from the game.